Author Archives: drjimo

September is a warm-up month for December

Posted on September 14, 2024 by drjimo

From a calendar standpoint. (What follows is for a non-leap year.) That is Sept. and Dec. start on the same day. Other than the extra day in Dec., the calendar features match up. For example, if one has 5 Sundays, … Continue reading →

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The top 20 principles of Teaching & Learning

Posted on September 10, 2024 by drjimo

From InnerDrive. The top 20 principles of Teaching & Learning

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10! seconds is how many weeks?

Posted on August 8, 2024 by drjimo
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ICTM – Hands-on Division with Fractions for Student Understanding

Posted on October 6, 2023 by drjimo

On Saturday, October 7, 2023, I’m presenting at the ICTM Annual Conference in Naperville, IL, at 3:00 pm. I’m presenting with one of  my students, Cailey Platt. The title of our presentation is: Hands-on Division with Fractions for Student Understanding. … Continue reading →

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Retirement Reflections (in reverse chronological order)

Posted on August 23, 2023 by drjimo

Most recent dates are here at the top. Getting Ready for Big Trip We basically had 2 weeks from the ICTM Conference to departing for Washington, DC. I fixed the chess board in the backyard. Long overdue. Eric and I … Continue reading →

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WALDO – Workflowing the Amazing Lesson Design Outline

Posted on August 14, 2023 by drjimo

This Google doc is comprehensive teaching methods course and education research course rolled up into one document organized into clickable links. It is compiled by Miguel Guhlin. It include most all of the aspects of the teaching enterprise (including pre-assessment, … Continue reading →

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How gesture and movement help us think

Posted on June 28, 2021 by drjimo

From Annie Murphy Paul @anniemurphypaul Exciting new ideas about how gesture and movement help us think Jordan Ellenberg hates PowerPoint slides. And whiteboards. For him (and for his fellow math professors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison), it’s an old-fashioned blackboard … Continue reading →

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Spring 2021 Websites

Posted on March 16, 2021 by drjimo

Miya Christiansen: https://miyaswebpage.wordpress.com/ Brianna Gorsuch: https://mathwithmissg650681653.wordpress.com/ These are the Spring 2021 Math 304 students.

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A few notes on making web sites

Posted on February 27, 2021 by drjimo

Tools for making webpages (web sites). WordPress. (blog) Posts – more timely, often shorter, specific to one topic. Have categories and tags. Pages – often more long-term. Could be more lengthy. (Pages do not have categories or tags.) Can use … Continue reading →

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Instrumental and Relational Understanding

Posted on February 8, 2021 by drjimo

Good article on instrumental and relational understanding. Focus on Relational Understanding

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